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2013 Event - Serbian tennis pro Novak Djokovic achieves a four-set victory over opponent Andy Murray, winning the men's singles at the 2013 Australian Open

2012 Event - Following a landslide victory, Campbell Newman is sworn in as Australia's new Premier of Queensland

2012 Event - In Orlando, Golf pro Tiger Woods wins the Arnold Palmer Invitational tournament; this is his first PGA Tour victory since 2009

2011 Event - The Justice and Development party of Morocco claims victory after Moroccans vote in a parliamentary election

2010 Event - In a BBC interview, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said it was 'impossible' for coalition forces to secure victory in Afghanistan

1996 Event - Dare and Go ends Cigars record tying victory streak at 16

1996 Event - Yankees lose ending 3rd best home series victory streak at 24

1996 Event - Aravinda De Silva gets 107* and 3-42 in cricket World Cup victory

1996 Event - Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory

1995 Event - Greg Maddux of Braves sets record of 17 consecutive road victory

1995 Event - New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign

1995 Death - Gerard Thomas Victory, composer, dies at 73

1995 Event - Zimbabwe's 1st Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning

1993 Event - Nolan Ryan, 324th and final victory, Rangers 4, Indians 1

1993 Event - Colorado Rockies 1st home game and 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos

1992 Event - Sri Lanka's third-ever Test Cricket victory (v New Zealand by 9 wkts)

1991 Event - Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory

1991 Event - Nolan Ryan's 4-3 victory over Twins is his 312th career win

1991 Event - Giant Victory, driven by Jack Moiseyev, wins Hambletonian

1991 Event - With New York Yankee victory, 10 of 14 AL teams are at .500 or better

1991 Event - Victory parade held in Washington D.C., Persian Gulf War

1991 Event - Matt Barr's field goal with no time left gives New York Giant 15-13 Victory over defending champs San Francisco 49ers, for NFC title

1990 Event - Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity

1989 Event - Fog Bowl: Heavy fog rolls in on Bears 20-12 victory over Eagles

1989 Event - Chris Evert defeats 15-year-old Monica Seles for her 101st and last U.S. Tennis Open singles victory

1989 Event - Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway

1988 Event - New York Met Davey Johnson becomes 2nd manager to record 400 victory in 1st 4 years (Al Lopez did it 1st)

1987 Event - Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season

1987 Event - "334" club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20" of snow to attend New Jersey Devils 7-5 victory over Calgary at Meadowlands

1986 Event - California Angels within 1 pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox

1985 Event - Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs vs. India

1985 Death - Alexander Scourby, actor (Victory at Sea, Ransom), dies at 71

1984 Event - Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parlimetary elections

1984 Event - Boston's Roger Clemens beats Twins, 5-4, for his 1st victory

1983 Event - Washington Capitals 1st NHL overtime victory beating Vancouver 5-4

1983 Event - New Orleans Saints 1st OT victory; beating Chicago Bears 34-31

1983 Event - New Zealand score their 1st Test Cricket match victory in England

1982 Event - Imran Khan 8-60 to bring innings victory vs. India at Karachi

1982 Event - Devils 1st road victory 6-5 over Penguins

1982 Event - New Jersey Devils 1st victory, beating New York Rangers 3-2 at Meadowlands

1982 Event - New Orleans Saints 1st road shutout victory beating Chicago Bears 10-0

1981 Event - Washington Capitals biggest margin of victory (9) beating Toronto 11-2

1979 Death - George Brent, actor (Baby Face, Dark Victory, 42nd St), dies at 75

1975 Event - Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a Red Sox 15-1 victory over Tigers

1974 Event - Washington Capitals 1st NHL home victory, beating Chicago 4-3

1973 Event - New Orleans Saints 1st shutout victory, 13-0 vs Buffalo Bills

1973 Birthday - Mark Larsen, born in Denmark, jockey, rode "Vetrotex" to victory in his first Danish Derby, son of Ole Larsen

1973 Event - Famous victory at the SCG Pakistan chasing 158 all out 106

1971 Event - NBA's Los Angeles Lakers starts a 33 game consecutive victory streak

1970 Event - Cleveland Cavaliers 1st NBA home victory, beating Buffalo Braves 108-106

1970 Event - Cleveland Cavaliers 1st NBA victory (11th game), beating Portland 105-103

1969 Event - After 9,015 at bats Hank Aaron is lifted for a pinch hitter, Mike Lum, who doubled in a 15-3 victory over New York Mets

1968 Event - U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving "black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony

1968 Event - Detroit Tigers' Denny McLain's 30th victory of season

1967 Event - New Orleans Saints 1st NFL victory, beat Philadelphia Eagles 31-24

1967 Event - New Orleans Saints 1st pre-season victory, beat St. Louis 23-14

1967 Event - A. J. Foyt and Dan Gurney drove a Ford to victory in Le Mans

1967 Event - New York Met Tom Seaver's 1st victory, beats Cubs, 6-1

1962 Event - Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India

1961 Event - Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1

1959 Event - Australia regain the Ashes with a 10 wicket victory at Adelaide

1959 Event - Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dom Rep

1957 Event - Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory

1956 Event - Biggest NBA margin of victory - Minnesota Lakers-133, St. Louis Hawks-75

1955 Event - Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating Yankees in 7

1954 Event - Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns and win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Washington 62-3

1953 Birthday - Jerry Page, golfer, largest PGA victory margin

1951 Event - Joe Louis scored his last knock out victory

1948 Event - 1st use of Israeli Air Force and 1st war victory, defeating Syrian army

1945 Event - Australia Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts

1945 Event - Australia Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs. India at Calcutta

1945 Event - Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India

1945 Event - England defeat Australia Services by 6 wkts in 5th Victory Test Cricket

1945 Event - England and Australia Services draw 4th Victory Test

1945 Event - Keith Miller scores 110 in the 4 Victory Test Cricket at Lord's

1945 Event - Australian Services win 3rd Victory Test Cricket by 4 wickets

1945 Event - England win the second Victory test cricket at Bramall Lane by 41 runs

1945 Event - Australia Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets

1945 Event - Keith Miller scores 105 in the 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's

1945 Event - Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England and Australia Services

1945 Event - Victory celebration at Red Square

1945 Event - Lord Haw-Haw reports total German victory at Ardennen

1944 Event - Walter Piston's "Fugue for a Victory Tune," premieres in New York City

1944 Event - Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins; U.S. victory on Feb 22

1943 Event - French, British and U.S. victory parade in Tunis Tunisia

1943 Event - Frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages (mix of meat and soy meal)

1941 Event - Red Sox Lefty Grove becomes 12th to win 300 games (his last victory)

1941 Event - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launched his "V for Victory" campaign

1940 Event - Dutch Prime Minister Colijn publishes "Borders of 2 Worlds" (German victory)

1939 Event - Yankees set AL shutout margin with 21-0 victory over A's

1939 Event - U.S. recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain

1937 Event - Pitcher Carl Hubbell's 24th consecutive victory

1936 Event - President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins landslide victory over Alfred M. Landon

1932 Event - Jack Burnett gets 9 hits, Eddie Rommel relieves in 2nd 18-17 victory in 18 as his A's beats Indians in longest relief job

1928 Event - Carl Hubbell's 1st major league victory is a 4-0 shutout of Phils

1927 Event - Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in 11-4 victory over Red Sox

1926 Event - Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox)

1923 Event - 10 home runs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St. Louis Cardinals

1921 Birthday - Gerard Thomas Victory, composer

1921 Birthday - Gerard Victory, composer

1918 Event - Battle of Belleau Wood, 1st U.S. victory of WW I

1913 Event - Netherlands soccer team's 1st victory over England

1911 Event - Cy Young beats Pitts 1-0 for his final career victory, number 511

1908 Event - White Sox Ed Walsh tops Detroit 6-1 for his 40th victory

1908 Event - Jack Chesbro's final Yankee victory, beats Walter Johnson 2-1

1908 Event - Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England

1906 Event - All Chicago World Series, 1st AL victory, White Sox win 4 games to 2 Cubs losers share of $439.50 is lowest for World Series

1903 Event - 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox

1902 Event - England beat Australia by one wicket at The Oval Famous victory

1900 Event - Victory Theater (Republic, Belasco) opens at 207 W 42nd St. New York City

1900 Event - Boston hurler Kid Nichols notches his 300th career victory

1896 Birthday - Archibald J Cronin, England, author, Citadel, Shining Victory

1896 Event - Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their 1st ever innings victory

1895 Event - Tasmania beat Victoria for 1st F-C victory in 41 years

1887 Event - Detroit clinches best-of-15 touring World Championship with its 8th victory in Game 11 this afternoon in Baltimore, 13-3

1887 Event - Phillies set club record 16th straight victory

1887 Birthday - Bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor, Brass Buttons, Victory

1883 Event - England complete 1st innings victory in Tests vs. Australia MCG

1877 Event - Rutherford B Hayes (R) declared president despite Samuel J Tilden (D) winning the popular vote, but is 1 electoral vote shy of victory

1876 Event - President Rutherford B Hayes and Samuel J Tilden claim presidential victory Tilden (D) wins election but Electoral college selects Hayes (R)

1876 Birthday - Ernest Schelling, Belvidere, New Jersey, composer and conductor, Victory Ball

1864 Event - General Lee wins his last victory of Civil War at Battle of Cold Harbor

1863 Event - Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania ends, major victory for North

1862 Event - Texas Rangers win Confederate victory at Battle of Val Verde, New Mexico

1861 Event - Battle of Hoke's Run, West Virginia - small Union victory

1765 Event - Adm Nelsons sailboat HMS Victory runs aground

1735 Event - Jury acquits John Zenger (New York Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by royal governor of New York (victory for Freedom of press)

1689 Event - Orangeman's Day-Battle of Boyne, Protestant victory in Ireland

1614 Event - Treaty of Xanten: Guliks-Kleefse War victory ends

1532 Event - Pizarro captures Incan emperor Atahualpa after victory at Cajamarca

1515 Event - Battle at Marignano ends in French/Venetian victory

1429 Event - Joan of Arc leads Orleans, France, to victory over English

1379 Event - End of Gelderse war victory

1219 Event - King Valdemar brought victory for Denmark

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